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r.lIeJ fron, lheir principal fuunder J ohn Peler Cuan'.,
!hcn bifhop of T'hcau:, or Chicle. in lhe kingJom of
N;¡r1cs. ano afterw~nJs pope, unucr lhe name: uf Paul
IV . The ",ames oC the other founden wcre Gaelao,
Donif"e, and Configheri , Thcfe fou r pious men, defi–
iing la rerarm lhe ccclc!i.nicill (latc, l.lid lhe foundu¡on
of an arder of regnlu clerks :lt Rome, in lhe ycar 15'2 4.
P ope Clemen< VI!. approved lhe intlitme. and pernllttcd
the brcthrcn to make lhe thrce rc:1i~ious vows, to d eét a
fupc:rior evcry thr~e years, and to draw up (hwtcs for
Ihe regulalion of Ihe order, They firU endeavoured. by
their cxamp-lc, tO M:vivc: among (he clc:rgy lhe povcrty of
the ;¡pofilc:s and ridl d.fciplcs of our SoI.ViOUf, and WCIC
Ihe' r:rfl ",ho arrumed the litle of "gul., c1erk•.
TH EATRE. a peblic edifice for Ihe exhibiling of fcenic
r~ébcles, or fhc:ws. tO lhe pcoplc; comprchcnding nal
ooly lhe eminence on which lhe aélors appear, and Ihe
.llioo parr.., bUI alfo Ihe whole .rea of Ihe place common
'0 Ihe allors and fpellators _
T HEIl.'\lD, a cclebratcd heroic poeDl oC Staliu•• Ihe fub–
jel\. whC"reof is (he civil \Var of ':nu:bu, hClwcen lhe lWO
hrothers Etcocle. and Polynice.; oro Thebes taken by
Thefcu._
THEBES. Ihe nalne of en .ncienl cily in upper Egypt,
now in ruins ; as alfo 3n antient eit,. of Achaia, DOY¡ a
provioee of European Turky_
THEFT_ S.. r....w. Tit. xxxiii. 28.
THEISM. S.. D. ISM.
THE LEGONUM. in bOlany. a genus of Ihe monceci.
polyandria claf•. The calix bOlh of male and fe ....ale coo–
ftA:s of tWO feemenll ; neilher of Ihem haTe ¡ny corolla;
the (lamina are 12; and the [emale has one fiylus, aod a
coriaceous~ capfule. wilh one ceU aod ooe f..d_ There
is bUI ene fpccies, a native of Italy.
THEME. denote. Ihe fubjea of ao exercife, for youog
fludeots 10 writc or compare on.
THENAR. in ao..orny. Sec ANATaMv. p . 200_
THEOBROMA. Ihe CHOCOLATE-NUT-TREE, in bOllny.
a geeu. of Ihepoly.cjelphia penrandria claf•. The corolla
conGn, of five petal.; Ihe aellarium i. bell·fhaped; and
the fmil is a.. woody cortcx, of an uDequal furface, Wilh
6ve ridge._ There are IWO fpecies, bOlh aative. of A·
merica.
THEOCRACY. iD mane" of governmeot. a nale govern–
ed by Ihe irumediate direllion of God alooe : fuch was
,he ancicDI gOTcrnment oC the Jews, befor~ the lime of
Sau!.
THEOOOLITE. a OIalhematical innremenl much ufed in
fu"eying. See GEOMETRV, p. 701 .
THEOGONY. thal branch oC Ihe he'lheo Iheology, which
laoghl Ihe ~enealogy of their god•.
THEOLOGY. S.. ROCtOtON .
THEOPI-J,RASTA. in botany, a.genu, of the pentandri.
mooo~yni. claf.. Th. corolla i. bell-fh.pcd. wilh obtufe
fcgmcDts; and lhe capfulc h~!. one rouDd large ceJl, and
Ooe feed. There ¡, bUl one fpecies, a nali?e of A~
merica.
THEOREM. a fpeculative propoGlion . demonllrating ,he
propenie. of ay fubje(\.
TH~ORETIC. (omething' r.),'ing I~ theory. or th" ler–
Ollna'c:a in fpcculation ./ Sce ·rHEO~Y.
TI~iEORY. in ceneral, denule' .ny do{lrioe which lermi-
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nlt es in rprculaticn alone, without conlidc.rin&the pr:\c·
tical ufts :\nd "pphc.uion .
1'1I E R t\I'EUT 11::. a tcrm .prlied [O Ihof. \Vho are wholly
COIplo)fC'd in the: {crvlcc of reli~ion. ThlS general ternl
h:ls bc:en apphed to rHticular f(:éh of men, (OocerOI"!!
whom there h,{ \'e becn great dirputes among lhe: Itarncd.
THERAPEUTI CS. lh.. pan of medicine which .cquaint.
us with the rules thM are tObe obrc:rved. :u:ad the medi·
cines to hit! It!mplo)'ed in lhe cure of difcafes.
THERAPH IM, cer..in im.gcs. or fuperUni ous figures.
mentioncd in rcriptu re . Sorne Jewirh writers tel! us,
the thcraphim \rere effiCies of hun1an hc:"ds, pl~ccd in
nichcs, and confultcd as oracles. Others fay, they were
talifmans, or 6gun:s of melal, caU ¡\Od engraved under
certain afpC'tls of the planets ; 10 "hleh they aJcribed ex·
traordinaryeffc.:lh.
THEIUACA ANOOOMACHt. a compound medicine. made
in Ihe form of;m eletluary.
THERM ,'E, anifici.1 hOI balh•• much ufed by lhc Ro–
m;¡ns.
TH ERMOM ETER• •n innrument for mcafuring the in–
and decreafe of Ihe heal and cold of the airo by
-me.n. of Ihe ela(lic and expaofive power of bodics of Ibe
fluid fort . S.. PNEUMATtCS. p. 486-
THESEA. in anliquity. fean. cdebratcd by Ihe Atheni–
;,ns, in honour of Thefeus, conGfling of (pOrt) and garnes,
with rnirth and banqueu: fuch as ",ere poor, and uoable
to con,ribute to tbem, ,were cDtertained at the. public ex~
pence..
THESIS. a general pofition ",hich a perfon adunce•• and
offers to . lo colJeges it i5 frf:quent tOhne pla–
cards, contaioing a number of Ihem, in theology, in mc·
diciae. in philofophy. iD law. 6 e.
THESIUM. in botany•• geou. of lhe pentaodria mono–
gynia claf.. The c.lix confin. of .ooe le.f. into which
lhe {lamioa are inCerted : there ia bUI one {eed. Tbe
fpecies are feven, only one of them, .viz . lhe linophylloD.
or banard toad·llax . a native of Britain.
THESSALY. now.called Janna. a province of European
Turkey. boundcd by.M acedonia. on [he north; by Ihe
Archipelago, 00 lhe can; by Achaia. or Livadia, on
the {otllh ; by~Epirus. on lhe \Vdi.
THETF0 RD. Ihe county_lown of Norfolk. filuated
lwenty -five miles.{oulh..wen of Norwich. lt {ends lWO
membcrs tO parliamer'll.
1:HEURGY. a n.m. given [o Ihal pan of magic called
wb :le magic, or lhe white arto Thore: who ha\'c writtcn
of magic have diviJcd it ioto three kio~s : lhe (¡rU is
thcu rgy, as operaling by divine means: lhe: {econd, na·
.¡ ur;¡l magic, performed by {he powers oC nature: aud
the -third, nccrllmí\ncy, ' which Ihey imctgincd procccdod
from invoking da:mon'5 .
THIBET. one of lhe mon powerful of Ihc Tartar kinR –
doms, having China en the caft, aod India 00 the \Vdi.
THIGH. in anatomy. Sce ANATOMV. p_ 182. 203,
TH IMBLE, an inltru",en. made of bra(•• filver. iron, 6'e_
put on th«: fiogt:r tu lhrufi a ncedle through aoy clOlh,
filk, &e. "fed by all feamnrcrres. taylors, <be.
THINKING • • general for '''y all or operat ion of
the mind . See L OG ICK. 1.0d METArHYSI l' s .
THIRLAGE. See LAw. Tit. xvi 10 .
THIRSK, • borough-Iown in Ihc notlh-rid:ng of York -
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